When Robert Thomas Cross was born on October 4, 1807, in Louisa, Virginia, his father, Oliver, was 25 and his mother, Ann, was 23. He was married three times and had seven sons and five daughters. He died on November 21, 1878, in Vaiden, Mississippi, at the age of 71, and was buried in the same lot with his second and third wives.
After being raised on their father's farm in Louisa County, Robert and his older brother William attended the First Session of the University of Virginia in 1825.
Robert Thomas is mentioned in notes of historian Samuel Bassett French, Library of Virginia, sheet 785, System Number 001277159,
"Cross, Robert, Lawyer born in Louisa Co 1806, Grad U of Va 1825. Studied Law. Removed to Miss. and practiced his profession until his death...."
According to histories of Carroll County, Rob or Bob Cross from Virginia was also an early tavern keeper in the town of Shongalo, the first settlement made in what is now Carroll County, located a mile from present-day Vaiden.
He and his first wife, Mary Allegre, were married in September 1834. She died without leaving children in Virginia within a year of their marriage. Nearly the entire Cross family, including his parents, Oliver Cross and Ann Michie Cross moved to Carroll County, Mississippi in 1835. Then while in Memphis, Tennessee, he met the young widow of a recently deceased Memphis Alderman, Hepsibeth Runkle, nee Blake. They were married in Memphis on 19 January 1837. Their children were Ann Olivia Cross, Mary Elizabeth Cross, John R. Cross and Hepsibeth E. Cross. His wife Hepsibeth died in 1845, and in May 1846 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Harrell. Their children were Robert Thomas, Elizabeth, Richard Moering, Josiah Joshua, George William, Lilly L., James M. and Fleming Arthur.
According to the 1940 WPA Family History, Robert Thomas Cross was buried in Vaiden in the same lot with his second and third wives.
After being raised on their father's farm in Louisa County, Robert and his older brother William attended the First Session of the University of Virginia in 1825.
Robert Thomas is mentioned in notes of historian Samuel Bassett French, Library of Virginia, sheet 785, System Number 001277159,
"Cross, Robert, Lawyer born in Louisa Co 1806, Grad U of Va 1825. Studied Law. Removed to Miss. and practiced his profession until his death...."
According to histories of Carroll County, Rob or Bob Cross from Virginia was also an early tavern keeper in the town of Shongalo, the first settlement made in what is now Carroll County, located a mile from present-day Vaiden.
He and his first wife, Mary Allegre, were married in September 1834. She died without leaving children in Virginia within a year of their marriage. Nearly the entire Cross family, including his parents, Oliver Cross and Ann Michie Cross moved to Carroll County, Mississippi in 1835. Then while in Memphis, Tennessee, he met the young widow of a recently deceased Memphis Alderman, Hepsibeth Runkle, nee Blake. They were married in Memphis on 19 January 1837. Their children were Ann Olivia Cross, Mary Elizabeth Cross, John R. Cross and Hepsibeth E. Cross. His wife Hepsibeth died in 1845, and in May 1846 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Harrell. Their children were Robert Thomas, Elizabeth, Richard Moering, Josiah Joshua, George William, Lilly L., James M. and Fleming Arthur.
According to the 1940 WPA Family History, Robert Thomas Cross was buried in Vaiden in the same lot with his second and third wives.
When Robert Thomas Cross was born on October 4, 1807, in Louisa, Virginia, his father, Oliver, was 25 and his mother, Ann, was 23. He was married three times and had seven sons and five daughters. He died on November 21, 1878, in Vaiden, Mississippi, at the age of 71, and was buried in the same lot with his second and third wives.
After being raised on their father's farm in Louisa County, Robert and his older brother William attended the First Session of the University of Virginia in 1825.
Robert Thomas is mentioned in notes of historian Samuel Bassett French, Library of Virginia, sheet 785, System Number 001277159,
"Cross, Robert, Lawyer born in Louisa Co 1806, Grad U of Va 1825. Studied Law. Removed to Miss. and practiced his profession until his death...."
According to histories of Carroll County, Rob or Bob Cross from Virginia was also an early tavern keeper in the town of Shongalo, the first settlement made in what is now Carroll County, located a mile from present-day Vaiden.
He and his first wife, Mary Allegre, were married in September 1834. She died without leaving children in Virginia within a year of their marriage. Nearly the entire Cross family, including his parents, Oliver Cross and Ann Michie Cross moved to Carroll County, Mississippi in 1835. Then while in Memphis, Tennessee, he met the young widow of a recently deceased Memphis Alderman, Hepsibeth Runkle, nee Blake. They were married in Memphis on 19 January 1837. Their children were Ann Olivia Cross, Mary Elizabeth Cross, John R. Cross and Hepsibeth E. Cross. His wife Hepsibeth died in 1845, and in May 1846 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Harrell. Their children were Robert Thomas, Elizabeth, Richard Moering, Josiah Joshua, George William, Lilly L., James M. and Fleming Arthur.
According to the 1940 WPA Family History, Robert Thomas Cross was buried in Vaiden in the same lot with his second and third wives.
After being raised on their father's farm in Louisa County, Robert and his older brother William attended the First Session of the University of Virginia in 1825.
Robert Thomas is mentioned in notes of historian Samuel Bassett French, Library of Virginia, sheet 785, System Number 001277159,
"Cross, Robert, Lawyer born in Louisa Co 1806, Grad U of Va 1825. Studied Law. Removed to Miss. and practiced his profession until his death...."
According to histories of Carroll County, Rob or Bob Cross from Virginia was also an early tavern keeper in the town of Shongalo, the first settlement made in what is now Carroll County, located a mile from present-day Vaiden.
He and his first wife, Mary Allegre, were married in September 1834. She died without leaving children in Virginia within a year of their marriage. Nearly the entire Cross family, including his parents, Oliver Cross and Ann Michie Cross moved to Carroll County, Mississippi in 1835. Then while in Memphis, Tennessee, he met the young widow of a recently deceased Memphis Alderman, Hepsibeth Runkle, nee Blake. They were married in Memphis on 19 January 1837. Their children were Ann Olivia Cross, Mary Elizabeth Cross, John R. Cross and Hepsibeth E. Cross. His wife Hepsibeth died in 1845, and in May 1846 Robert married Mary Elizabeth Harrell. Their children were Robert Thomas, Elizabeth, Richard Moering, Josiah Joshua, George William, Lilly L., James M. and Fleming Arthur.
According to the 1940 WPA Family History, Robert Thomas Cross was buried in Vaiden in the same lot with his second and third wives.
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